The 2024 Summer season Olympics formally kick off in Paris on July 26, and whether or not you’re expecting the inspiring athletics (see: runner Nia Akins, skateboarder Bryce Wettstein, and gymnast Jade Carey) or for the Siene River poop drama, you possibly can’t deny this 12 months’s Olympics is assured to be entertaining—and, for athletes within the Olympic Village, protected. As the primary wave of athletes settle into the Olympic and Paralympic Villages, social media is awash with TikTok room excursions that includes the now-infamous cardboard beds, the mattresses fabricated from recycled fishing nets (which, sure, look as attention-grabbing as they sound), and, after all, the big provide of Olympic-branded condoms present in every bed room.
In a TikTok posted by Canadian sailor Sarah Douglas, athlete bedrooms are crammed with free swag that features Olympic-themed baggage, a Samsung Galaxy cellphone (no massive deal), and a stack of brilliant and colourful condoms embellished with the Phryges, the official mascots of the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics.
Every envelope homes one condom and reminds wearers of the significance of consent and safety: “No must be a gold medalist to put on it!” one envelope reads, whereas one other reads, “On the sector of affection, play honest. Ask for consent.” As athletes proceed to reach and take photographs, extra slogans are rapidly popping up, with a latest X submit exhibiting: “Rating a win: Sure to consent, no to STDs” and “Don’t share greater than victory, defend your self towards STDs.”
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Although the “sexcapades” of the Olympics have develop into a cultural speaking level through the years, the explanation for the safety push is, after all, legitimate—and likewise famous on the backs of this 12 months’s condoms: “In keeping with WHO, final 12 months, round 630,000 folks died from HIV-related causes and 1.3 million folks acquired HIV. Shield your self, take a look at your self!”
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Regardless of the unofficial “intimacy ban” on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics—the place organizers tried to curb bodily contact within the wake of COVID-19—greater than 150,000 condoms had been nonetheless made out there to athletes 4 years in the past. Now, for the upcoming Paris Video games, that quantity has practically doubled, in keeping with CNN. With 14,500 folks anticipated to remain inside the Olympic Village, organizers are ready at hand out roughly 230,000 safety choices, together with 200,000 male condoms; 20,000 “feminine condoms;” and 10,000 oral dams.
FWIW, Olympic organizers don’t truly anticipate Village attendees to make use of their full condom allotment (which, doing a little free math, would come out to greater than 20 condoms per athlete), however they’re not taking any dangers this 12 months. As a substitute, a gradual provide of (oddly motivational and endearing) condoms will probably be out there all through the Video games, throughout bedrooms, well being clinics, and merchandising machines.
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